Thursday, November 12, 2009

PS 18

Last year Mrs. Long received $160 in dividends on her shares of Company X stock, all of which she had held for the entire year. If she had had 12 more shares of the stock last year, she would have received $15 more in total annual dividends. How many shares of the stock did she have last year?
(A) 128
(B) 140
(C) 172
(D) 175
(E) 200

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